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A Submarine/Blimp!

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What if our next vehicle could be a submarine and blimp combined!

Submitted By TheCyberMan on 10/05/28

Mars Explorer, Feature Requests, submarine, killerdude, vehicle

This Document originally posted in the "Mars Explorer" Group

So I was thinking about new vehicles and how we can pretty much adjust the settings to our tastes and then I thought, "Wait! We have the submarine idea! What if for land you had an option to turn into a blimp!"

The styles could be left the same, but maybe have some transformation to distinguish the Submarine/Blimp from a submarine or blimp.

My ideas for the Submarine are: average buggy-like speed acceleration and speed

My ideas for the Blimp are: rising and falling are average like jet. Movement in sky is no more than 50-60 mph with a weak acceleration. This is good to get someone who is on land or in the sky.

This vehicle would be great for worlds in the future that are underground and have some parts of land.

It has is pros and cons, but it would be a unique and helpful vehicle. It would even stimulate the creation of new worlds specifically for it!

The Submarine/Blimp design I'm thinking of can be found here: http://marsxplr.com/view-574

As time went on, Olim had been updating his submarine in the comments. The most updated one (bottom right corner of post if you can't find it in comments) seems practical for the submarine, while the more round ones in the beginning can be the blimp when it transforms.

Please comment on what you think!

Eric

EDIT 6/7/11: This summer I might design a Submarine/Blimp of my own in Cheetah 3D.

» Comment on Document Threaded Hybrid Flat 19 Comments

(ACC) AlexNB (AlexNB)

2 days - 6,410v

Posted 2010/05/28 - 5:34 GMT

Intriguing idea eric! This would increase the versatility of the vehicle, meaning that in whirlds without water it could still effectively function. Will be nice to watch how this'd play out.

Interesting...

~Alex

(ACC) (MRR) (MRG) (MCC) Alpha clan (lucluc25)

8 hours - 1,098v

Posted 2010/05/28 - 23:23 GMT

Since you are an extremely good creator, I would like to see what you do!

Lucluc25

TTG(CSM)P-S2 (ACCinvaderzim)

18 hours - 2,646v

Posted 2010/05/28 - 23:34 GMT

use my blimp here ill send it to you

Grae

10 hours - 1,318v

Posted 2010/05/30 - 18:43 GMT

Great idea! this would be awesome!

Grae

10 hours - 1,318v

Posted 2010/06/05 - 2:26 GMT

What if in blimp mode, the camera would be on the bottom of the blimp, so you could only look and shoot down, like a real blimp!

ACC (PR)

1 day - 3,337v

Posted 2010/06/05 - 16:46 GMT

Good idea!

TTG(CSM)P-S2 (ACCinvaderzim)

18 hours - 2,646v

Posted 2010/06/05 - 21:33 GMT

but still use my blimp

Aek971

2 days - 7,497v

Posted 2010/06/05 - 21:37 GMT

your blimp looks like a snowboard.

supermarinespitfire

4 days - 9,839v

Posted 2010/06/09 - 13:56 GMT

Good idea, but I disagree with you about the low acceleration, half the vehicles already have low acceleration jet, hovercraft), and because a blimps fram would be quite light (even though it's sub as well it would probably have to be somewhat light) it would have less inertia to fight against when accelerating. That's just my point of view though,

spitfire

ffroggy

3 days - 9,746v

Posted 2011/06/14 - 17:05 GMT

spitfire,

Yes, a blimp's structure is light, but blimps are Huge! Currently the only technology that's light enough to power a ballon are propellors (to my knowledge anyway). propellors have to push this huge balloon around (the balloon generates a huge amount of drag), and they can only do it pretty slowly.

just my thoughts,

ffroggy

Dylan

5 hours - 342v

Posted 2010/12/20 - 6:58 GMT

*laughing* Guys, you crack me up! Now, if my calculations are correct, then the thickness would have to be adjusted to about 3.5 in. of light-weight aluminum. Plus, if you "accidently" hit he spacebar underwater, well, this would happen.

LITERALY!

sUn (Fai)

2 weeks - 18,835v

Posted 2010/12/20 - 16:31 GMT

Unfortunately, you're wrong!

Since we are not attempting to create a conventional blimp, in addition to the ballast tanks of helium, you can use 5 cm. thick interior walls, surrounded by a rubber/silicone coating followed by a think aluminum coating. Also, by adding exterior jet propulsion engines propelled by lava to air intake, you can get a lift ratio of 1.5.

I know that everyone's looking at me funny, but I designed a jet engine based on the principle of air intake supplying a magnetic field generator in addition to lithium-ion battery reserves. :/ Also I'm in training to become an US AirForce Pilot...

El Tigré (Tigerstorm)

1 week - 24,177v

Posted 2010/12/20 - 16:36 GMT

Interesting... I think I was able to follow that all the way through. :P

sUn (Fai)

2 weeks - 18,835v

Posted 2010/12/20 - 16:40 GMT

I'll explain it better later... Haha I'll send you a diagram.

(C.I.C.B.) There's good real estate on Mars (pocketMAD)

4 days - 12,819v

Posted 2010/12/21 - 16:52 GMT

Send me one as well.

(C.I.C.B.) There's good real estate on Mars (pocketMAD)

4 days - 12,819v

Posted 2010/12/21 - 16:46 GMT

Indeed. I suppose catons. A special material that can take any shape because of the remote controlled atoms. It is possible, but not yet. But for the game... come on, we're on mars, for crying out loud! Also, if you don't believe me, well, bing, google, yahoo, ask, ect., it.

(C.I.C.B.) There's good real estate on Mars (pocketMAD)

4 days - 12,819v

Posted 2010/12/21 - 16:51 GMT

My bad. It is not called catons. It is called something else, but I forgot its name. It is something with a "on" at the end.

Louis (Collins) Greer (neon)

2 days - 8,588v

Posted 2011/06/13 - 0:59 GMT